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JAMES RAYBON BARTON
Major · U.S. Army
January 11, 1931 – May 14, 1970
Service recordJames Raybon Barton, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 38
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 11, 1931
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 38
- GORDON ALLEN SHAWCorporal · May 13, 1970
- BARNARD BACONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · May 14, 1970
- CHARLES DOUGLAS BLAIRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.